Cast & creator
Finlay Currie
Best known for The Saint, Danger Man, The Prisoner
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore. Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: William Finlay Currie
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1931–1969 · acting roles
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Filmography (119)
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The Saint
Don Pasquale
1962
Danger Man
'Jock'
1960
The Prisoner
General
1967
Gideon's Way
General Sir Hector McGregor
1965
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Ben-Hur
Balthasar
1959
Man of the World
Donald
1962
Cleopatra
Titus (uncredited)
1963
Around the World in 80 Days
Whist Partner
1956
General Electric Theater
MacMorriss
1953
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Senator
1964Knock on Any Door
Old Man
1965
Treasure Island
Capt. Billy Bones
1950
Armchair Theatre
Professor Syme
1956
Quo Vadis
Peter
1951
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
1946
Solomon and Sheba
David
1959
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Doll Maker
1965
49th Parallel
The Factor
1941
Ivanhoe
Cedric
1952
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
1963
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
1960
Footsteps in the Fog
Inspector Peters
1955
Seven Waves Away
Mr. Wheaton
1957
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ruairidh Mhór
1945
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
1961
Captain Lightfoot
Callahan
1955
Kangaroo
Michael McGuire
1952
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
1948
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
1960
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Emcee
1965
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Hamish MacPherson
1953
Zarak
The Mullah
1956
Treasure of the Golden Condor
MacDougal
1953
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
1963
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
1960
Vendetta for The Saint
Don Pasquale
1969
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
1948
Billy Liar
Duxbury
1963
The Black Rose
Alfgar
1950
People Will Talk
Shunderson
1951
Whisky Galore!
Narrator
1949
Les Misérables
1967
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
1958
The Day Will Dawn
Capt. Alstad
1942
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
1961
Undercover
Priest (uncredited)
1943
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
1948
Walk East on Beacon
Professor Albert Kafer
1952
The History of Mr. Polly
Uncle Jim
1949
School for Secrets
Sir Duncan Wills
1946
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
1957
The Naked Earth
Father Verity
1958
Tempest
Count Grinov
1958
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
1957
Gay Love
Highams
1934
The Bells Go Down
District Officer McFarlane
1943
Stars and Stripes Forever
Col. Randolph
1952
Campbell's Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
1957
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
1961
Brigadoon
Mr. Lundie
1966
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
1957
The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris
1948
The Edge of the World
James Gray
1937
Make Me an Offer!
Abe Sparta
1954
Trio
Mr. McLeod
1950
The Frightened Lady
Brooks
1932The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Rubin
1938
Little Friend
Grove
1934
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
1961
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo
1966
Go to Blazes
Judge
1962
The End of the Road
Old 'Mick-Mack'
1954
The Inspector
De Kool
1962
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
1948
They Met in the Dark
Merchant Captain
1943Catch as Catch Can
Al Parson
1937
The Cracksman
Feathers
1963
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
1958
King's Rhapsody
King Paul
1955
The Amorous Prawn
Lochaye
1962
Third Party Risk
Mr. Darius
1954
The Good Companions
Monte Mortimer
1933
My Daughter Joy
Sir Thomas McTavish
1950
Crook's Tour
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
1940It's a Boy
Publisher
1934
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
1948
No Funny Business
Mr Potterton
1933
West 11
Gash
1963
The Mudlark
John Brown
1950
Orders Is Orders
Dave
1933
6.5 Special
Himself
1958
Rome Express
Sam, Publicist
1932
The Old Man
Rennett
1931
Theatre Royal
Clement J. Earle
1943The Big Splash
Hartley Bassett
1935
Thunder Rock
Capt. Joshua Stuart
1942
Warn That Man
Captain Andrew Fletcher
1943
Who Was Maddox?
Alex Campbell
1964
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
1961
The Shipbuilders
McWain
1943
Command Performance
Al, Arthur's Manager
1937Excess Baggage
inspector Toucan
1933The Gay Adventure
Porter
1936In the Zone
1946
Woman to Woman
Theatre Manager
1947
My Old Dutch
Mo
1934
The Brothers
Hector Macrae
1947
Glamorous Night
Angus MacKintosh
1937The Trojan Brothers
W.H. Maxwell
1946Don Chicago
Bugs Mulligan
1945
Paradise for Two
Creditor
1937
Me and Marlborough
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
1935
Mister Cinders
Henry Kemp
1935
Heat Wave
Captain
1935
Wanted!
Uncle Mart
1937
Spring Song
Cobb
1946
The Improper Duchess
Milton Lee
1936
Princess Charming
Baron Seegman
1934